New Perspectives in Ottoman Economic History
November 9-10, 2012

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Place: 28 Hillhouse Ave, Tobin Lounge

Co-organizers:

Professor Timothy Guinnane, Yale University, Economic Growth Center

Seven Agir, Middle East Technical University

Conference Program Available Here

The conference is open to the public.

We have removed the papers from this website because they are works in progress.  If you are interested in reading one of the conference papers, we suggest you contact the author directly.

The Selection Bias in Ottoman Court Records: Settlement and Trial in Eighteenth Century Kastamonu (Metin Cosgel and Bogac Ergene)

Asset Ownership in Ottoman Urban Businesses, 1750-1850 (Seven Agir)

Institutional Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: The Waqf as Obstacle to Democratization (Timur Kuran)

Ottoman State Finances in European Perspective, 1500-1914 (Kivanc Karaman and Sevket Pamuk)

Different Paths to the Modern State in Europe: The Interaction between Warfare, Economic Structure, and Political Regime (Kivanc Karaman and Sevket Pamuk)

The Protege System and Berath Merchants in the Ottoman Empire: The Price of Legal Institutions (Cihan Artunc)

Wealth and Inequality in Ottoman Bursa, 1500-1840 (Hulya Canbakal)

Empire or Empires? (Jean-Laurent Rosenthal)

Wealth, Power and Death: Capital Accumulation and Imperial Seizures In the Ottoman Empire (1453-1839) (Ali Yaycioglu)